Portsmouth Square

Portsmouth Square 1930s

View southeast from across Portsmouth Square, Russ Building in the background. [Portsmouth Square - Surrounded by tall buildings is Portsmouth Square Park in the heart of downtown San Francisco and adjacent to the city's internationally famous Chinatown. It was here that the American flag was first raised when lands (now California) were secured from Mexico July 9, 1846, by Captain John B. Montgomery.]

Photographer Unknown / J.C. Bardell (Greg Gaar Postcard Collection / Courtesy of Greg Gaar)

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Keywords: postcard park skyscraper color
Neighborhoods: Chinatown

Format: postcard,
Added on Dec 1, 2022

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